(...) People often find my work very Japanese in aesthetic. I have never been conscious of this during the process of making. When it was pointed out by other people, I reflected and questioned, why do I work the way I do. If I had remained in Japan, I would never have been doing what I am doing now. In Australia I learnt freedom to express myself and to build my own identity. (...)

Born, 1950 in Matsue, Japan. Lives and works from 1970 in Melbourne, Australia. Studied sciences at the Kobe-Gakuin University, Japan, and paint and Gold & Silversmithing at the RMIT University in Australia. From 1995 is the owner and director for Gallery Funaki at Melbourne, Australia 

Has works at the following collections:

Die Neue Sammlung, München (Munich)
National Gallery of Australia (Canberra)
Powerhouse Museum (Sydney)
National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery (Brisbane)
Art Gallery of Western Australia (Perth)
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide)
Hobart City Council (Hobart)
City of Banyule Art Collection (Melbourne)
RMIT University (Melbourne)